Best Wired Routers for Home or Small Business
You don’t always need Wi-Fi in your router. Whether you want control, security, or performance, here are the top options for small, wired routers.
Best Z-Wave Hubs (2025 Update)
Adding Z-Wave to your smart home can provide greater flexibility and reliability, but which controller is right for you?
Setting Up Your First Raspberry Pi Server
A Raspberry Pi is a great choice for hosting power user smart home tools. See how to quickly get a cheap headless server up and running for your first project.
SwitchBot Hub 2 Review: Does Matter Help?
SwitchBot make a range of useful niche smart home products, but integration with platforms other than Alexa and Google has been pretty limited. The SwitchBot Hub 2 promises to help by supporting Matter, but does it work?
What Is Band Steering in Wi-Fi Networks?
Band steering is a term thrown around a lot when it comes to Wi-Fi networks, but there is a lot of misunderstanding about it. What does it actually do?
How To Set Up VLANs On Your Home Wi-Fi Network
Whether you’re working from home or running a lot of IoT gadgets VLANs provide a way to exercise more control over your home network’s security.
What Is A Dual Band Router?
When it comes to Wi-Fi there is a lot of jargon thrown about. 2.5GHz or 5Ghz? Why not both? Learn what a dual band router is, how it works, and why it’s important for your home network.
Consumer Routers: Linksys vs Netgear
When looking for a product, it’s common to look at overall brand quality as a way of filtering down your choices. It’s not always clear cut though. Here we look at router makers Linksys and Netgear and compare some of their newest offerings.
Thinka Z-Wave Controller Review: Native Z-Wave Support For HomeKit
While there are some unofficial ways to get Z-Wave devices into HomeKit, Thinka has done it right with this native bridge device.
eero vs Orbi: AX4200 Mesh Wi-Fi Comparison
When looking at top quality consumer mesh routers supporting Wifi 6, eero and Netgear have strong contenders. We look at what’s on offer, and how they compare.
HomeKit Routers: What are they?
Smart devices are well known potential attack vectors when they are connected to the internet, but Apple has a HomeKit feature that gives you easy control over those devices to stop them being used against you.
Bond Bridge Review: Smart control for your dumb appliances
If you have appliances with RF remotes, like ceiling fans, and you want to add them to your smart home Bond provides a much easier way to do so than fitting WiFi controllers to them.
Google WiFi Review: Real care-free WiFi
Google proves that raw speed isn’t everything when it comes to home WiFi. Intelligent optimization gets the most out of your internet while guaranteeing a magically smooth WiFi experience.
People really don’t get home router security, who knew?
A UK based survey of home router owners provides an eye-watering view of general user ignorance and lack of awareness of basic security requirements.
Comparison: Ubiquiti Amplifi, Google Wifi, NetGear Orbi
As the number of connected devices in homes grow, and the paradigm of home computing moves to a more mobile base, Wifi connectivity has become increasingly important to a lot of people. Let's take a look a three of the better options available.